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J. C. LARSEN, BRAKE IVIECHANISM FOR SIX WHEEL TRUCKS.

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J. C. LARSEN. BRAKE MECHANISM Foa slx WHEEL TRUCKS. APPLICATIFN FILED ALWL-7.1918.

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@Q6-fw J. C. LARSEN.

BRAKE MECHANISM EoR slx WHEEL TRUCKS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.7.1918.

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UNTTED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JACoB C. LABSEN, or COLUMBUS, omo, AssIGNoB. To THE BUCKEYE STEEL CASTINGS COMPANY, oF COLUMBUS, omo.

BRAKE MECHANISM FOR SIX-WHEEL TRUCKS.

f specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

Original application filed April 1, 1918, Serial No. 226,032. Matured into Patent' No. 1,298,228. Divided and this application` led August To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB C. LARSEN, a subject of the King ofDenmark, and a resident of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inl Brake Mechanism for Six-Wheel Trucks; and I `do hereby declare they following to be a C clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in v the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in brake mechanism for six wheel trucks and is a division of application Serial No. 226,032 filed by me April 1st, 1918.

The object ofthe invention is t provide a simplified arrangement of brake levers. in combination with a brake beam of improved construction whereby the brake pressure on all brakes will be simultaneously equalized.

With this object in view my invention consists in connecting a transverse rod to the 'brake beam` and supporting the rod on oppositely disposed hangers.A p

It further consists in providingthe brake beam with a rod extending lengthwise the beam and supportin the opposite ends of the beam and rod on independent hangers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in plan of a truck embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal vertical section, the brake levers being in elevation; Fig. 3 is a view in vertica transverse section through the main bolster; Figa is a view in vertical transverse section through one of the auxiliary bolsters. Fig. 5 is a view in plan of the brake-beam; Fig. 6 is a view in section on the line A., B, of Fig. 5 and Fig. 7 is an edge viewof Fig. 5.

The invention is applicable for use with various-types of sixwheel trucks, and while I have illustrated this improvement in connection with the side frames used in truck design, patented to George T. Johnson and myself No. 1,253,842 dated Januarylth, 1918, I have done so for the purpose of illustration only and not with the intention of limiting its application to such side frame or any other particular construction of side frame.

6 represents the truck side frames, there being two to each side, with their adjacent full, p

' seats 10,

7, 1918. 'Serial No. 248,753.

ends overlapping as shown in Fig. 1, for the connection therewith of the frames 7 carrying the bearings for the center, axle 2. Each side frame 6 has a bearingv for a journal of an end axle, and each is also provided with an opening 10 for the reception of one end of a transverse or auxiliary bolster 11, each bolster, 11v being yieldingly supported adjacent its ends,ron springs 12 (shown in dotted lines Fig. 1) seated within the openings 10. The transverse bolsters 11 are located as shown, one between the front and middle axles, and the other between the rear and middle axles; and supportthe- Fig. 3), and is held against 'endwise displacement by the shoulders 18 which bear against the inner faces of the longitudinal bolstersy 13. With this construction' the weight'of the center bolster 16 and the load thereon, will be suiiicient to retain the bolsters in position without further securing devices other than the shoulders or lugs previously referred to.

Castvintegral with the side frame 6, and with the upper edge of the upwardly projecting flanges 10b at the inner edges of the lspring seats 10a are the shelf brackets 19. These brackets Vextend inwardly, horizontally in a plane slightly above the spring and are reinforced by the flanges 10b all being cast integral as shownI These brackets 19 are located in a plane between the wheels as shown in Fig. 4, and form supports for the 'brake hanger brackets 20, which may also be cast integral'with the shelf brackets 1 9, but I prefer the construction shownwherein the hanger brackets 20 are riveted to the shelf brackets 19, as this latter construction greatly simplifies the operation of casting the side frame.

The brake beams 21, located between the middle axle 8 and the end axle 9, are of the usual trussed type,

suspended by brake hangers 2.2 pivotally secured to the opposite ends ot the hanger bracket-s 20, the lower ends of the hangers E22 being attached to the brake heads.

A third brake beam'located between the middle axle 'S and the end axle 9a, is of similar trussed type. but the strut 23 which carries the pivot for the brake lever 24, is extended inwardly beyond the compression member Q5. and is provided atY its extreme inner end with a jaw 26 for the pivotal attachment thereto of the, brake klever 24. '.lhis brake beam is Suspended from two pairs of hangers 22, one hanger at each side being connected with the brake beam heads,

and the second hanger ateach side beingy connected to the transverse beam 27, which as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 passes at 23a through the strut. 23. rEhe brake hangers 2:2 carrying the beam 27, are of the same length as those which Vsuspend the brake beam. hence by properly locating the suspension point 23a. with relation to the pivots connecting the hangers and brake heads,

a parallel movement in a horizontal plane will be imparted to the brake beam.

Yat. its lower end.

The bra e beams :21 are actuated by the lever :28. disposed diagonally as shown in Fig. l, so that their upper ends are at one side of the center line of the truck. and all connections between the levers and the rod from the brake actua-ting mechanism, are at one side and in a plane above the holsters l1, and readily accessible and clearof all parts of the truck.

The lever 2i, which is between the middle aXleS andthe rear axle 9a. is ful'crumed to the tension rod :29. and is connected as previously explained. to the strut 23, the said lever 24 being diagonally disposed as shown and connected atits upper end to the upper end of adjacent lever 2S by the tension rod 30, thelatter passing through an elongated slot 3l in the main bolster 16. The tension rod 29 is loosely mounted in the transverse bolster 11 so as to be free to swing or move therein,

' the said bolster being Aslotted as at 32, to

permit of movement of the bolster without, eii'ecting any change in the position of the end of said tension rod which as explained carries the lever 2l.

The levers 28 are pivotally connected intermediate their ends to their respective brake beams, and are connected at their lower ends by the compression member 32, the upper end of the lever between axle 9 and adjacent transverse bolster l1 being free for the attachment thereto of the brake mechanism of the car.

With this construction, it, will be seei that when a pulling stress is exerted at: the

Lares?? upper end of the forward lever 2S. the brake shoes of all three brake beams will be forced into contact with their respective wheels. and as the entire equipment is flexible and not supported by any of the parts carried by tliesprings, the brake pressure, will, by proportioning the levers, be. the same on all the wheels.

llt is evident thatl many slight changesl might be resorted to in the relative arrangement of parts shown and described without departing from the spirit andscope of my invention. Hence l would have it understood that l do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, but.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

l. ln a car truck. the combination of truck side frames. a brake beam, hangers carried by the side frame and carrying the beam. a. transverse bealn attached to the said brake beam and hangers also carried by the said side frames and connected with the transverse beam.

2. ln a car truck. the combination of truck side frames. a brake beam, a strut-Y secured to the beam, hangers carried by the side frame and carrying the bealn. a transverse beam secured to the strut. and hangeis also carried by the side frames and connected with the ends of the transverse beam.

3. ln a car truck, the combination of truck side frames, a brake beam, a strut secured to the beam at the center, hangers secured to the side frame and carrying the beam. a transverse beam secured to the strut and approximately parallel with the main compression member of the beam and hangers also carried by said side frames and conneeted with the transverse beam at the two ends of the same.

4. ln a car truck, the combination of truck side frames, a brake beam, hangers sup porting the brake beam, a strut secured to the beam'. a transverse. beam carried by the strut and approximately parallel with the compression member of the brake beam. a hanger supporting the ends of the transverse beam, the hangers torthe brake and transverse beams at, each end being approximately mrallel so as to impart a parallel movementv in a horizontal plane to the brake beam. y

lin testimony whereof l have signed this specitcation in the presence of two sub- S. H. Smums, JN0. W. ATKINSON. 

